Chapter 125 - Chapter 125: Chapter 119 Waking up from Sleep (1/2)

Chapter 125: Chapter 119 Waking up from Sleep

The drawing room was spacious and brightly lit. Byrne sat on the soft sofa under the crystal light, his heart shocked. Could the fat old man before him have already successfully reached the mid-level of Transmutation?

He knew that for traditional Extraordinary Exponents, starting from Level 2, it became increasingly difficult to grow stronger and reach higher levels.

Firstly, it required personal talent and persistence. Besides that, it also depended on resources and the support of legacies, and finally, even a bit of indispensable luck.

Baron Leander was someone who had hardly ever fought in his entire life, relying entirely on the Magic Potion’s family fortune to pile up to the Transmutation Level, reaching the low-level Transmutation was basically his limit.

Could he have really advanced to the mid-level? According to Leander himself, it was because he had obtained some immense benefit from the Spirit Realm.

Byrne had heard something, the hidden organization named “Black Eyes” was spreading methods on how to stably enter the Spirit Realm in Cyart.

The sea merchant John had once mentioned that it was possible to obtain, that stable method of entering the Spirit Realm, it must be the same approach.

It seems that Baron Leander must have also purchased the intelligence from “Black Eyes”. Byrne was sufficiently composed; his face did not reveal the slightest hint of his surprise and confusion.

“Baron Leander, congratulations! I believe you will not stop here and that there will come a day when you will take one more step, reaching the high-level Transmutation. By then, you will be able to sit as equals with those big shots of the East Coast Province!”

His words contained little sincerity, but Baron Leander listened with great pleasure, his eyes filled with uncontrollable glee.

“Heh, perhaps, who knows? There might really be such a day, after all, the world has changed from what it once was.”

“The major churches and pillar families control almost all the resources and legacies, yet the Spirit Realm is full of endless opportunities. Our future is unpredictable!”

When Baron Leander said this, his tone carried a sense of anger at the large powers’ monopoly on advancement opportunities.

Byrne was well aware of the situation described by the other party. The important resources and powerful legacies of the Eastern Four Kingdoms were almost entirely held by the Ten Great Pillars and the major churches.

Everyone knew that Monarch Level powerful experts were extremely rare and had always only been born within pillar families, major churches, and secret organizations.

For a hundred years, members of certain small and medium-sized families, even if they possessed exceptional talent, astonishing wisdom, and perseverance, had no chance whatsoever of reaching Level 3.

They either married into large families or were absorbed into the church’s clerical system, henceforth, under the watch of the deities, they separated from the worldly powers.

“They must be afraid of the existence of the Spirit Realm,” Byrne said in a deep voice, leaving Baron Leander at a loss for words.

He suddenly smiled and, looking at the puzzled Baron Leander, continued.

“For a hundred years, the total dominance of the Ten Great Pillars over the Ouden Continent’s east will sooner or later be broken; the ‘barriers’ man-made have been breached by the existence of the Spirit Realm.”

“Those who reach Monarch Level without the support of the pillar families, major churches, and secret organizations, but through the gifts of the Spirit Realm will inevitably emerge!”

Baron Leander gaped for a while, then burst into loud laughter.

“Exactly! It’s an era of unprecedented change! Those who have long decayed should be the ones afraid!”

“And once there is a first, there will be a second. Sooner or later, everything in Cyart, even the whole Ouden Continent, will change completely!”

Byrne smiled without continuing the conversation, as he had just voiced Baron Leander’s inner thoughts.

In fact, even if one day there emerged a Monarch powerful expert that didn’t belong to the major forces, it wouldn’t be Baron Leander or have anything to do with him at all.

But these words truly exhilarated and delighted Baron Leander, who had just had his power and status enhanced through a breakthrough in the Spirit Realm, and whose emotions were somewhat unstable.

As a result, he found himself warming up to Byrne, even developing a peculiar illusion that the other could understand him.

Baron Leander narrowed his eyes to discuss serious matters: “In fact, I came to talk about something, I’d like to take some people to the forest near Ourde Village.”

That forest is now controlled by the Fischer family. Without their permission, outsiders cannot enter at will.

Although Baron Leander had improved his strength to the mid-level Transmutation, he clearly had no experience in stealth and hiding.

He also didn’t know if the Fischer family had set up warning barriers in that forest and didn’t want to rashly intrude, accidentally causing a big fuss and then being caught by Fischer’s people, causing a misunderstanding.

Byrne smiled, neither immediately refusing nor consenting, but instead he countered with a question, “Why? I need a good enough reason.”

Baron Leander hesitated for a moment, then continued:

“Actually, a mysterious creature has run into that forest. I had been chasing it, but accidentally lost track, allowing it to run into the Fischer family’s territory in the end.”

“Hmm, it’s a ‘gray horn deer,’ and its horns and skin are Class 2 Extraordinary Materials. I can share a portion with you.”